What’s even more powerful, even faster and ever more dynamic than the Audi TT RS? The Audi TT RS Plus. So what’s the story? The Audi TT RS Plus is powered a 2.5 liter 5-cylinder turbo engine pumping out 360-hp an increase of 20-hp and a maximum torque of 343 lb-ft. Mated to a manual 6-speed [...]
Car and Driver loves doing special features. So they’re back with their latest one for the 2012-year: the annual Lightning Lap. The competition is to compare some of the most critically acclaimed cars as of recent. Taking place at Virginia’s International Raceway, the C/D team will compare a series of cars organized in various price [...]
Audi has already been hard at work to make sure that they bridge the competition gap between themselves and the current leaders from Munich, BMW. One of their latest cars, the 340-hp Audi TT RS will be making its way into showrooms beginning next month and the Audi RS5 (in 2012), which the company says [...]
The Audi RS line is coming back to the United States and the first model to come from the high-performance line is the 2012 Audi TT RS. The first Audi TT RS was sold by Forth Worth Audi in Texas to veteran race car driver Don Istook. In 2012, more than 11,500 fans signed a [...]
Audi has finally announced pricing details for the much anticipated 2012 Audi TT RS, the highest performance TT in the lineup and a model that marks the return of the RS nameplate to the United States. Ready to go on sale later this summer, the 2012 Audi TT RS will start at $56,850 (excluding destination charges, [...]
Now while BMW won’t confirm that it is directly competing with its rivals with the new 2012 BMW 1-Series M Coupe, there are a few cars out there that the new M model goes head-to-head with. While the Porsche Cayman is one, a more direct rival is the Audi TT RS. The folks over at [...]
The 2011 Audi TT RS Coupe and TT RS Convertible, which are now confirmed to come to the stateside in 2011, can now be ordered with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. Audi says that the 7-speed dual-clutch increases performance and fuel-economy to 28 mpg (U.S. terms). In addition, a launch control function with the S tronic [...]
Audi recently pleased all of its North American fans with the announcement that the Audi RS5 and the Audi TT RS will both be headed to United States. During a roundtable interview at the Audi Forum in Ingolstadt, Germany earlier this week, Audi Quattro General Manger of Development Stephan Reil said that the United States [...]
On August 9, Audi launched a Facebook petition to help decided whether or not they should bring the Audi TT RS to the United States – well, you answered that call and the “˜Bring it to the U.S.” Facebook petition gathered 11,500+ signatures in just one month, including many likely buyers. Audi has confirmed that [...]
Two new high-performance Audi models that were never earmarked for the stateside were that Audi RS5 and the Audi TT RS. That all changed with the recent announcement of the 2011 RS5 making its way to U.S. shores by 2012 – and Audi is now seriously considering bringing the TT RS as well. The German [...]
